Model documentation generation system

ABSTRACT

Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for at least semi-automated generation of model documentation. In an example embodiment, a template corresponding to a model is selected. User input populating portions of a build notebook is received. The build notebook comprises a model identifier identifying the model and executable code. The build notebook is executed using an execution engine to cause an intermediary file encoded in a type-setting system to be generated. Executing the build notebook causes cross-references of elements of the model documentation to be mapped to appropriate locations within the intermediary file. The elements comprise graphical representations of results of model tests executed on the model and/or extracted or user-defined artifacts required for the model documentation. The intermediary file is executed using a type-setting system compiler to assemble user-provided text and the elements, in accordance with the template, to generate the model documentation.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No.16/997,183, filed Aug. 19, 2020, the entire contents of which areincorporated herein by reference.

TECHNOLOGICAL FIELD

Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to thegeneration of a model documentation. For example, example embodimentsrelate to generating a model documentation in an at least partiallyautomated manner.

BACKGROUND

Regulatory bodies/agencies have promulgated rules and regulations forthe development and use of models used in various applications. As such,entities that develop and use these models devote significant resourcesto ensure, for example, that these models meet all necessary standardsrequired by any applicable rules and regulations. In particular, somerules and regulations stipulate that entities that develop and use thesemodels are required to validate the model's processes and show proofthereof. Validation is a process that evidences to the regulatorybodies/agencies that, for example, these entities have developed a modelthat meets all necessary standards required by any applicable rules andregulations. The result of the validation process is a validation reportthat can approach one hundred pages in length. The generation of thevalidation report and other model documentation requires significantresources, for example, in the form of manpower and time.

BRIEF SUMMARY

In various scenarios, quantitative and qualitative models must bevalidated, for example, for an entity that developed or uses the modelsto be in compliance with applicable rules and regulations. However,model documentation, such as model validation reports that document thevalidation of the models, are conventionally generated manually. Thismanual model documentation generation takes a significant amount of timeand manpower and is prone to human error. Moreover, use of manual modeldocumentation generation results in model documentation that cannot beeasily regenerated. For example, if a relatively minor change is made inthe model, significant reworking of the model documentation may berequired. Thus, a technical problem exists in the conventional modeldocumentation (e.g., model validation report) generation.

Various embodiments provide technical solutions to the field of modeldocumentation generation. For example, various embodiments providemethods, systems, apparatus, computer program products, and/or the likefor generating model documentation (e.g., a validation report and/orother model documentation). For example, various embodiments providemethods, systems, apparatus, computer program products, and/or the likefor generating model documentation in an at least partially automatedmanner. For example, various embodiments provide solutions developed tosystemize, automate, and enhance the generation of model documentations,which will increase speed and consistency of model documentation (e.g.,validation report and/or other model documentation) generation, whileavoiding human error.

In various embodiments, a model documentation generating tool isprovided. For example, the model documentation generating tool may be avalidation report generating tool configured and/or programed togenerate model validation reports. In an example embodiment, the modeldocumentation generating tool has a model-view-controller framework. Inan example embodiment, the model documentation generating tool uses atext-code platform within which executable code may be generated andexecuted (e.g., to generate results, tables figures and/or text-baseddescriptions presenting results, and/or text-based descriptions of themodel test(s) executed) and text may be generated. In an exampleembodiment, the text may be markdown text, LaTeX or other type-settingsystem coded text, and/or other text including one or more tags,executable code elements, and/or the like configured to control variousaspects of the display/presentation of the text upon compilationthereof. In an example embodiment, the text-code platform is a Jupyternotebook and/or a project comprising one or more Jupyter notebooks. Invarious embodiments, the model documentation generating tool maycomprise and/or access one or more templates and a portion of theexecutable code and/or text of the code-text platform may be determined,generated, and/or the like based on the template. In an exampleembodiment, the executable code of the code-text platform may, whenexecuted, cause one or more model tests (e.g., model validation tests)to be executed and results thereof to be integrated into the resultingmodel documentation (e.g., model validation report). Thus, variousembodiments provide an at least partially automated model documentationgenerating tool that enables consistent report regeneration whileavoiding human error.

Accordingly, the present disclosure sets forth systems, methods,apparatuses, and computer program products that efficiently generatemodel documentations in a reproducible, at least semi-automated manner.In an example embodiment, a method for generating a model documentationin an at least semi-automated manner is provided. The method comprisesreceiving, by an interactive user interface (IUI) via input-outputcircuitry of a user computing device, user input selecting or providinginformation used to select a template corresponding to a model; andreceiving, via the input-output circuitry of the user computing device,user input populating at least a portion of a build notebook. The buildnotebook comprises (a) a model identifier configured to identify themodel and (b) one or more cells of executable code in at least a firstprogramming language. The method further comprises responsive to userinput received via the input-output circuitry, executing, via aprocessor, the build notebook using an execution engine to cause anintermediary file to be generated that is encoded in a type-settingsystem. Executing the build notebook causes one or more cross-referencesof elements of the model documentation to be mapped to appropriatelocations within the intermediary file. The elements comprise at leastone of (a) one or more graphical representations of results of modeltests executed on the model or (b) one or more extracted or user-definedartifacts required for the model documentation. The method furthercomprises executing, via the processor, the intermediary file using atype-setting system compiler to assemble user-provided text and theelements, in accordance with the template to generate the modeldocumentation; and causing the model documentation to be provided viainput-output circuitry of the user computing device.

In an example embodiment, the method further comprises at least one ofstoring the model documentation in a memory of the user computing deviceor providing the model documentation via a communication circuitry ofthe user computing device. In an example embodiment, the method furthercomprises receiving configuration input via user interaction with theinput-output circuitry of the user computing device, wherein executionof the build notebook or execution of the intermediary file is performedbased at least in part on the configuration input. In an exampleembodiment, the IUI is provided via execution of a report generatingprogram by the processor and the model documentation generating programhas a model-view-controller architecture. In an example embodiment, amodel layer of the model-view-controller architecture interfaces with atleast one of a database storing information corresponding to the modelor a validation test library. In an example embodiment, a view layer ofthe model-view-controller architecture is configured to generate thebuild notebook based on the template. In an example embodiment, acontroller layer of the model-view-controller architecture comprises theexecution engine, the execution engine being configured to cause a modeldocumentation to be generated based on (a) parameters and configurationinput, (b) a build notebook generated based on the template, and (c)content of a model layer of the model-view-controller architecture. Inan example embodiment, the method comprises generating a databaseworksheet by querying a database comprising information corresponding tothe model and extracting information corresponding to the model from thedatabase to populate one or more fields of the database worksheet. In anexample embodiment, execution of the build notebook comprises accessinginformation corresponding to the model from the database worksheet andgenerating a graphical representation of information corresponding tothe model based thereon. In an example embodiment, the graphicalrepresentations of results of model tests executed on the model compriseone or more of graphs, tables, diagrams, or text describing the modeltests or the results of the model tests executed on the model. In anexample embodiment, the type-setting system compiler is a LaTeX compilerand the intermediary file is a .tex file. In an example embodiment, thebuild notebook comprises one or more raw cells storing LaTeX-encodedtext. In an example embodiment, the template is configured to cause themodel documentation to include one or more sections stipulated by rulesor regulations corresponding to the model. In an example embodiment, theuser input providing information used to select the templatecorresponding to the model comprises at least one of a model type or themodel identifier and the processor automatically selects the templatebased on the at least one of the model type or the model identifier. Inan example embodiment, the IUI is configured to enable incorporation ofone or more text functions into the build notebook, the one or more textfunctions incorporated into a code-text platform providing the IUI asplug-ins. In an example embodiment, the build notebook is generatedresponsive to a processing of the template. In an example embodiment,the build notebook comprises at least one markdown cell storing markdowntext.

According to an aspect, an apparatus for generating a modeldocumentation in an at least semi-automated manner. In an exampleembodiment, the apparatus comprises processor circuitry configured tocontrol an interactive user interface (IUI) provided via input-outputcircuitry of the apparatus to receive user input selecting or providinginformation used to select a template corresponding to a model; controlthe IUI to receive user input populating at least a portion of a buildnotebook, the build notebook comprising (a) a model identifierconfigured to identify the model and (b) one or more cells of executablecode in at least a first programming language; responsive to user inputreceived via the input-output circuitry, execute the build notebook singan execution engine to cause an intermediary file to be generated thatis encoded in a type-setting system, wherein executing the buildnotebook causes one or more cross-references of elements of the modeldocumentation to be mapped to appropriate locations within theintermediary file, the elements comprising at least one of (a) one ormore graphical representations of results of model tests executed on themodel or (b) one or more extracted or user-defined artifacts requiredfor the model documentation; execute the intermediary file using atype-setting system compiler to assemble user-provided text and theelements, in accordance with the template to generate the modeldocumentation; and control the input-output circuitry to provide themodel documentation.

In an example embodiment, the processor circuitry is further configuredto at least one of store the model documentation in a memory of the usercomputing device or provide the model documentation via a communicationcircuitry of the user computing device. In an example embodiment, theprocessor circuitry is further configured to receive configuration inputvia user interaction with the input-output circuitry of the usercomputing device, wherein execution of the build notebook or executionof the intermediary file is performed based at least in part on theconfiguration input. In an example embodiment, the IUI is provided viaexecution of a report generating program by the processor and the modeldocumentation generating program has a model-view-controllerarchitecture. In an example embodiment, a model layer of themodel-view-controller architecture interfaces with at least one of adatabase storing information corresponding to the model or a validationtest library. In an example embodiment, a view layer of themodel-view-controller architecture is configured to generate the buildnotebook based on the template. In an example embodiment, a controllerlayer of the model-view-controller architecture comprises the executionengine, the execution engine being configured to cause a modeldocumentation to be generated based on (a) parameters and configurationinput, (b) a build notebook generated based on the template, and (c)content of a model layer of the model-view-controller architecture. Inan example embodiment, the method comprises generating a databaseworksheet by querying a database comprising information corresponding tothe model and extracting information corresponding to the model from thedatabase to populate one or more fields of the database worksheet. In anexample embodiment, execution of the build notebook comprises accessinginformation corresponding to the model from the database worksheet andgenerating a graphical representation of information corresponding tothe model based thereon. In an example embodiment, the graphicalrepresentations of results of model tests executed on the model compriseone or more of graphs, tables, diagrams, or text describing the modeltests or the results of the model tests executed on the model. In anexample embodiment, the type-setting system compiler is a LaTeX compilerand the intermediary file is a .tex file. In an example embodiment, thebuild notebook comprises one or more raw cells storing LaTeX-encodedtext. In an example embodiment, the template is configured to cause themodel documentation to include one or more sections stipulated by rulesor regulations corresponding to the model. In an example embodiment, theuser input providing information used to select the templatecorresponding to the model comprises at least one of a model type or themodel identifier and the processor automatically selects the templatebased on the at least one of the model type or the model identifier. Inan example embodiment, the IUI is configured to enable incorporation ofone or more text functions into the build notebook, the one or more textfunctions incorporated into a code-text platform providing the IUI asplug-ins. In an example embodiment, the build notebook is generatedresponsive to a processing of the template. In an example embodiment,the build notebook comprises at least one markdown cell storing markdowntext.

The foregoing brief summary is provided merely for purposes ofsummarizing some example embodiments illustrating some aspects of thepresent disclosure. Accordingly, it will be appreciated that theabove-described embodiments are merely examples and should not beconstrued to narrow the scope of the present disclosure in any way. Itwill be appreciated that the scope of the present disclosure encompassesmany potential embodiments in addition to those summarized herein, someof which will be described in further detail below.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

Having described certain example embodiments of the present disclosurein general terms above, reference will now be made to the accompanyingdrawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale. Some embodiments mayinclude fewer or more components than those shown in the figures.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example architecture of oneembodiment described herein.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a network device that may be specificallyconfigured in accordance with an example embodiment described herein.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a user computing device that may bespecifically configured in accordance with an example embodimentdescribed herein.

FIG. 4 is a diagram of a framework used for implementing an exampleembodiment described herein.

FIG. 5 is an example interactive user interface view in accordance withan example embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating operations performed, such as by anetwork device of FIG. 2 or a user computing device of FIG. 3 to providea validation report, in accordance with an example embodiment describedherein.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating operations performed, such as by anetwork device of FIG. 2 or a user computing device of FIG. 3 to providea validation report, in accordance with an example embodiment describedherein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Some embodiments of the present disclosure will now be described morefully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying figures, in whichsome, but not all embodiments of the disclosures are shown. Indeed,these disclosures may be embodied in many different forms and should notbe construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather,these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will satisfyapplicable legal requirements. Like numbers refer to like elementsthroughout.

Where the specification states that a particular component or feature“may,” “can,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “preferably,” “possibly,”“typically,” “optionally,” “for example,” “often,” “exemplary,” or“might” (or other such language) be included or have a characteristic,that particular component or feature is not required to be included orto have the characteristic. Such terminology is intended to convey thatthe particular component or feature is included in some embodimentswhile excluded in others, or has the characteristic in some embodimentswhile lacking the characteristic in others.

The term “computing device” is used herein to refer to any one or all ofprogrammable logic controllers (PLCs), programmable automationcontrollers (PACs), industrial computers, desktop computers, personaldata assistants (PDAs), laptop computers, tablet computers, smart books,palm-top computers, personal computers, smartphones, wearable devices(such as headsets, smartwatches, or the like), and similar electronicdevices equipped with at least a processor and any other physicalcomponents necessary to perform the various operations described herein.Devices such as smartphones, laptop computers, tablet computers, andwearable devices are generally collectively referred to as mobiledevices.

The term “server” or “server device” is used to refer to any computingdevice capable of functioning as a server, such as a master exchangeserver, web server, mail server, document server, or any other type ofserver. A server may be a dedicated computing device or a server module(e.g., an application) hosted by a computing device that causes thecomputing device to operate as a server. A server module (e.g., serverapplication) may be a full function server module, or a light orsecondary server module (e.g., light or secondary server application)that is configured to provide synchronization services among the dynamicdatabases on computing devices. A light server or secondary server maybe a slimmed-down version of server type functionality that can beimplemented on a computing device, such as a smart phone, therebyenabling it to function as an Internet server (e.g., an enterprisee-mail server) only to the extent necessary to provide the functionalitydescribed herein.

Overview

Various embodiments provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and/orcomputer program products for the efficient and at least partiallyautomated generation and provision of model documentation (e.g., modelvalidation reports and/or other model documentation) for one or moremodels. In an example embodiment, a model is and/or comprises amathematical and/or computer-executable model that may be used for datageneration, interpolation, and/or extrapolation; prediction generation;and/or data analysis. In various embodiments, the model may be aquantitative model or a qualitative model. In an example embodiment, themodel is a financial model and may be used to analyse and/or predictbehaviour of capital markets as well as credit and operational risks,and/or another model type. For example, the model may be configuredand/or programmed to provide information/data (e.g., predictions,analysis, assessment, and/or the like) that may be used for decisionmaking and/or risk management by various lines of businesses focusing oncapital markets, credit markets, internal operations, and/or compliance.As should be understood, the model documentation tool may be used togenerate various model documentation (e.g., including but not limited tomodel validation reports) for a wide variety of qualitative and/orquantitative models that comprise a mathematical and/orcomputer-executable model that may be used for data generation,interpolation, and/or extrapolation; prediction generation; and/or dataanalysis.

In various embodiments, the model documentation generated by the modeldocumentation generating tool is a document comprising information/dataregarding the generation and/or operation of the model; graphicalrepresentations of results (e.g., results, tables figures and/ortext-based descriptions presenting results) and/or textual descriptionsof various model tests executed based at least in part on the model;and/or other information/data relevant to generation, operation, and/oruse of the model. In various embodiments, the model tests may comprisemodel validation tests and/or other tests configured to test that themodel is operating properly, providing reasonable and/or rationalresults, providing results that are accurate, providing results that areconsistent with results from the same model and/or other establishedmodels, and/or the like.

In various embodiments, a user may operate a user computing entity togenerate a project within a code-text platform. In various embodiments,the code-text platform is configured to contain live code, equations,visualizations and narrative text. The project may comprise and/or be acontainer containing one or more document fragment files. In variousembodiments, the document fragment files may be pages or notebooks ofthe code-text platform or of other file types (.jpeg image files, .txttext files, .tex LaTeX files, .bib files, and/or the like). In variousembodiments, the document fragment files may comprise user and/orautomatically generated images, text, markdown text, LaTeX or othertype-setting system-encoded text, tables, formatted or unformattedinformation/data to be incorporated into tables, reference-identifyingand/or bibliographic information/data, information/data extracted fromdocumentation corresponding to the model, and/or the like. In variousembodiments, the code-text platform may be configured to provide a userinterface via which a user may edit, revise, and/or generate executablecode and/or text that may be used to generate one or more documentfragment files and/or executed during the generation of the validationreport. In an example embodiment, the executable code within thecode-text platform may be organized into cells and be live code. Forexample, the execution of the executable code within one or more cellsmay be performed within the code-text platform. In an exampleembodiment, the code-text platform is a Jupyter notebook. In an exampleembodiment, the code-text platform is an enhanced Jupyter notebookconfigured to provide extended text functions and/or word processingcapabilities (e.g., footnotes, spell check, and/or the like). In anexample embodiment, the extended text functions and/or word processingcapabilities are executed via plug-ins of the code-text platform. In anexample embodiment, the model documentation generating tool has amodel-view-controller framework. For example, the architecture of themodel documentation generating tool may be similar to and/or based atleast in part on a model-view-controller framework.

In various embodiments, a user may execute a user computing entity toexecute the executable code within the code-text platform to execute oneor more model tests based at least in part on the model, generate one ormore graphical representations of test results of executing the one ormore model tests, and generate and provide a model documentationcomprising the one or more graphical representations of test results ofexecuting the one or more model tests. In an example embodiment, themodel documentation may comprise portions of text extracted from variousdocumentation documents corresponding to the model and/or user generatedtext. In various embodiments, the model documentation is a printableand/or displayable computer file. For example, the model documentationmay be a portable document format file (pdf) and/or the like.

System Architecture

Example embodiments described herein may be implemented using any of avariety of computing devices or servers. To this end, FIG. 1 illustratesan example environment 100 within which embodiments of the presentdisclosure may operate to generate model documentation in an at leastsemi-automated manner. As illustrated, the example environment 100 mayinclude one or more network devices 10 and one or more user computingdevices 20. The one or more network devices 10 and/or one or more usercomputing devices 20 may be in electronic communication with, forexample, one another over the same or different wireless or wirednetworks 40. For example, a user computing device 20 may provide (e.g.,transmit, submit, and/or the like) an interactive user interface (WI) ofa code-text platform, receive user input via JUT of the code-textplatform, cause the execution of one or more model tests, cause theautomated generation of graphical representations of results ofexecuting the one or more model tests and/or textual descriptions of theone or more model tests, and/or cause the at least semi-automatedgeneration of a model documentation corresponding to a model. In variousembodiments, the model is stored by a network device 10 and/or the oneor more model tests are executed by one or more processors of one ormore network devices 10. In various embodiments, the one or more networkdevices 10 and/or the user computing device 20 communicate via one ormore wireless or wired networks 40 such that the model tests areperformed and the model documentation is generated and provided via theuser computing device 20 and/or stored by the network device 10. Forexample, a user computing device 20 may provide (e.g., transmit) one ormore executable instructions for causing one or more model tests to beperformed and/or graphical representations of results of one or morevalidation tests to be generated via one or more wireless or wirednetworks 40 such that the network device 10 receives the executableinstructions. Processing of the received executable instructions causesthe network device 10 to perform the one or more model tests and/orgenerate the one or more graphical representations and/or text-baseddescription of the one or more model tests, and provide the one or moregraphical representations, text-based description, and/or modeldocumentation comprising the one or more graphical representationsand/or text-based description via the one or more wireless or wirednetworks 40 such that the user computing device 20 receives the one ormore graphical representations, text-based description, and/or the modeldocumentation.

The one or more network device 10 may be embodied as one or moreservers, such as that described below in connection with FIG. 2 . Theone or more network devices 10 may further be implemented as localservers, remote servers, cloud-based servers (e.g., cloud utilities), orany combination thereof. The one or more network devices 10 may receive,process, generate, and transmit data, signals, and electronicinformation to facilitate the operations of the at least semi-automatedmodel documentation generation. In various embodiments, a network device10 may store and/or be in communication with one or more databases. Inan example embodiment, the one or more databases may be embodied as oneor more data storage devices, such as a Network Attached Storage (NAS)device or devices, or as one or more separate databases or servers. Theone or more databases may store information accessed by the networkdevice 10 to facilitate the operations of executing one or more modeltests, generating one or more graphical representations of the resultsof executing one or more model tests, generating text-based descriptionsof the one or more model tests and/or various aspects of the model,and/or at least semi-automatically generating a model documentationcomprising the one or more graphical representations and/or text-baseddescriptions. For example, the one or more databases may store controlsignals, device characteristics, and access credentials and/or the likefor one or more of the user computing devices 20, one or more models, aplurality of templates for generating model documentation and/orgraphical representations of results of one or more model tests (e.g.,in a database or other data storage), and/or the like. In variousembodiments, the graphical representations of the results of executingthe one or more model tests may comprise tables, graphs, and/orautomatically generated text (e.g., possibly based on an analysis of theresults of the one or more model tests and using a natural languageprocessing engine). In an example embodiment, the text-based descriptionof a model test may be at least partially pre-generated and/or at leastpartly automatically generated using a natural language processingengine, for example.

The one or more user computing devices 20 may be embodied by anycomputing devices known in the art, such as those described below inconnection with FIG. 3 . The network device 10 may receive informationfrom, and transmit information to, the one or more user computingdevices 20. For example, the network device 10 may receive a trigger for(e.g., executable instructions that when processing cause) executing oneor more model tests, generating graphical representations of the resultsof executing the one or more model tests, generating text-baseddescriptions of model tests and/or various aspects of the model, and/orat least semi-automatically generating a model documentation comprisingthe graphical representations and/or text-based descriptions. Forexample, the trigger received by the network device 10 may be providedby a first user computing device 20. For example, the network device 10may generate and provide model documentation and/or generated andprovide graphical representations and/or text-based descriptions to beincluded in model documentation such that a user computing device 20receives the model documentation and/or receives the graphicalrepresentations and/or text-based descriptions to be included in modeldocumentation (e.g., for use by a model documentation generating toolfor generating model documentation and/or for provision to a human uservia an IUI). It will be understood that in some embodiments, the one ormore user computing devices 20 need not themselves be independentdevices but may be peripheral devices, client devices, and/or the likecommunicatively coupled to other computing devices.

Exemplary Computing Devices

The network device 10 described with reference to FIG. 1 may be embodiedby one or more computing devices or servers, such as the example networkdevice 10 shown in FIG. 2 . As illustrated in FIG. 2 , the networkdevice 10 may include processing circuitry 12, memory 14, communicationscircuitry 16, input-output circuitry 18, and document generatingcircuitry 19, each of which will be described in greater detail below.In some embodiments, the network device 10 may further comprise a bus(not expressly shown in FIG. 2 ) for passing information between variouscomponents of the network device. The network device 10 may beconfigured to execute various operations described above in connectionwith FIG. 1 and below in connection with FIGS. 4-7 .

In some embodiments, the processor 12 (and/or co-processor or any otherprocessing circuitry assisting or otherwise associated with theprocessor) may be in communication with the memory 14 via a bus forpassing information among components of the apparatus. The processor 12may be embodied in a number of different ways and may, for example,include one or more processing devices configured to performindependently. Additionally or alternatively, the processor may includeone or more processors configured in tandem via a bus to enableindependent execution of software instructions, pipelining, and/ormultithreading. The use of the terms “processor” or “processingcircuitry” may be understood to include a single core processor, amulti-core processor, multiple processors of the network device 10,remote or “cloud” processors, or any combination thereof.

In an example embodiment, the processor 12 may be configured to executesoftware instructions stored in the memory 14, received from the usercomputing device 20, or otherwise accessible to the processor.Alternatively or additionally, the processor 12 may be configured toexecute hard-coded functionality. As such, whether configured byhardware or software methods, or by a combination of hardware withsoftware, the processor 12 may represent an entity (e.g., physicallyembodied in circuitry) capable of performing operations according to anembodiment of the present invention while configured accordingly.Alternatively, as another example, when the processor 12 is embodied asan executor of software instructions, the software instructions mayspecifically configure the processor 12 to perform the algorithms and/oroperations described herein when the software instructions are executed.

Memory 14 is non-transitory and may include, for example, one or morevolatile and/or non-volatile memories. In other words, for example, thememory 14 may be an electronic storage device (e.g., a computer readablestorage medium). The memory 14 may be configured to store information,data, content, applications, software instructions, or the like, forenabling the apparatus to carry out various functions in accordance withexample embodiments contemplated herein. For example, in an exampleembodiment, the memory 14 stores one or more databases. For example, theone or more databases may include a database storing templates forgenerating model documentations and/or graphical representations ofresults of one or more model tests, documentation corresponding to oneor more models, and/or the like.

The communications circuitry 16 may be any means such as a device orcircuitry embodied in either hardware or a combination of hardware andsoftware that is configured to receive and/or transmit data from/to anetwork and/or any other device, circuitry, or module in communicationwith the network device 10. In this regard, the communications circuitry16 may include, for example, a network interface for enablingcommunications with a wired or wireless communication network. Forexample, the communications circuitry 16 may include one or more networkinterface cards, antennas, buses, switches, routers, modems, andsupporting hardware and/or software, or any other device suitable forenabling communications via a network 40. Additionally or alternatively,the communication interface 16 may include the circuitry for causingtransmission of such signals to a network or to handle receipt ofsignals received from a network.

In some embodiments, the network device 10 may include input-outputcircuitry 18 in communication configured to provide output to a userand, in some embodiments, to receive an indication of user input. Theinput-output circuitry 18 may comprise a user interface, such as adisplay, and may further comprise the components that govern use of theuser interface, such as a web browser, mobile application, dedicatedclient device, or the like. In some embodiments, the input-outputcircuitry 18 may additionally or alternatively include a keyboard, amouse, a touch screen, touch areas, soft keys, a microphone, a speaker,and/or other input-output mechanisms. The input-output circuitry 18 mayutilize the processor 12 to control one or more functions of one or moreof these user interface elements through software instructions (e.g.,application software and/or system software, such as firmware) stored ona memory (e.g., memory 14) accessible to the processor 12.

In addition, the network device 10 further comprises document generatingcircuitry 19, which includes hardware components designed for executingone or more model tests, generating graphical representations of resultsof executing the one or more model tests, generating text-baseddescriptions of the one or more model tests and/or various other aspectsof the model, and/or generating, in an at least semi-automated manner, amodel documentation comprising the graphical representations. Thedocument generating circuitry 19 may utilize processor 12, memory 14, orany other hardware component included in the network device 10 toperform these operations, as described in connection with FIGS. 4-7below. The document generating circuitry 19 may further utilizecommunications circuitry 16 to receive information/data, requests,and/or executable instructions and/or provide model test results,graphical representations of model test results, and/or modeldocumentation (e.g., in response to a request therefor), or mayotherwise utilize processor 12 and/or memory 14 to accessinformation/data and/or executable instructions (e.g., software) used toexecute one or more model tests, generate graphical representations ofthe results of executing the one or more model tests, generatetext-based descriptions of one or more model tests and/or variousaspects of the model, and/or generate a model documentation comprisingthe graphical representations and provide the results of executing theone or more validation tests, the graphical representations, thetext-based descriptions, and/or the model documentation. In an exampleembodiment, the functionality described herein as being performed by thedocument generating circuitry 19 is performed through the execution ofexecutable instructions by the processor 12. In an example embodiment,the document circuitry 19 comprises one or more graphical processingunits (GPUs).

Although these components 12-19 may in part be described usingfunctional language, it will be understood that the particularimplementations necessarily include the use of particular hardware. Itshould also be understood that certain of these components 12-19 mayinclude similar or common hardware. For example, the document generatingcircuitry 19 may at times leverage use of the processor 12 or memory 14,but duplicate hardware is not required to facilitate operation of thesedistinct components of the network device 10 (although duplicatedhardware components may be used in some embodiments, such as those inwhich enhanced parallelism may be desired). The use of the term“circuitry” as used herein with respect to components of the networkdevice 10 therefore shall be interpreted as including the particularhardware configured to perform the functions associated with theparticular circuitry described herein. Of course, while the term“circuitry” should be understood broadly to include hardware, in someembodiments, the term “circuitry” may refer also to softwareinstructions that configure the hardware components of the networkdevice 10 to perform their various functions.

To this end, each of the communications circuitry 16, input-outputcircuitry 18, and document generating circuitry 19 may include one ormore dedicated processors, specially configured field programmable gatearrays (FPGA), and/or application specific interface circuit (ASIC) toperform its corresponding functions, these components may additionallyor alternatively be implemented using a processor (e.g., processor 12)executing software stored in a memory (e.g., memory 14). In thisfashion, the communications circuitry 16, input-output circuitry 18, anddocument generating circuitry 19 are therefore implemented usingspecial-purpose components implemented purely via hardware design or mayutilize hardware components of the network device 10 that executecomputer software designed to facilitate performance of the functions ofthe communications circuitry 16, input-output circuitry 18, and documentgenerating circuitry 19.

The user computing device 20 described with reference to FIG. 1 may beembodied by one or more computing devices, personal computers, desktopcomputers, client devices (e.g., of the network device 10), and/ormobile devices (laptops, notebooks computers, tablets, smartphones,and/or the like), such as the example user computing device 20 shown inFIG. 3 . The illustrated example user computing device 20 includesprocessing circuitry and/or processor 22, memory 24, communicationscircuitry 26, and input-output circuitry 28, each of which is configuredto be similar to the similarly named components described above inconnection with FIG. 2 . In various embodiments, the processor 22,memory 24, and input-output circuitry 28 are configured to provide anIUI configured for user interaction (e.g., via the input-outputcircuitry 28). For example, the IUI may be configured to receive userinput initiating the display of an IUI of a code-text platformconfigured to receive information/data via user interaction with theinput-output circuitry 28 to generate a notebook (or project comprisingone or more notebooks) that, when executed, causes the generation of amodel documentation (e.g., execution of one or more model tests,generation of graphical representations of the results of executing theone or more model tests, generation of text-based descriptions of themodel tests and/or various aspects of the model, and/or generation of amodel documentation comprising the graphical representations).

In some embodiments, various components of the network device 10 and/oruser computing device 20 may be hosted remotely (e.g., by one or morecloud servers) and thus need not physically reside on the correspondingcomputing device 10, 20. Thus, some or all of the functionalitydescribed herein may be provided by third party circuitry. For example,a given computing device 10, 20 may access one or more third partycircuitries via any sort of networked connection that facilitatestransmission of data and electronic information between the computingdevice 10, 20 and the third party circuitries. In turn, that computingdevice 10, 20 may be in remote communication with one or more of theother components describe above as comprising the computing device 10,20.

As will be appreciated based on this disclosure, example embodimentscontemplated herein may be implemented by a network device 10 and/oruser computing device 20. Furthermore, embodiments may take the form ofa computer program product on at least one non-transitorycomputer-readable storage medium (e.g., memory 14, 24) storing softwareinstructions. Any suitable non-transitory computer-readable storagemedium may be utilized, some examples of which are non-transitory harddisks, CD-ROMs, flash memory, optical storage devices, and magneticstorage devices. It should be appreciated, with respect to certainnetwork devices 10 as described in FIG. 2 or user computing devices 20as described in FIG. 3 , that loading the software instructions onto acomputer or apparatus produces a special-purpose machine comprising themeans for implementing various functions described herein.

Having described specific components of example network devices 10 anduser computing devices 20, example embodiments are described below inconnection with a series of flowcharts and other figures.

Example Operation of a Network/User Computing Device

FIG. 4 illustrates the architecture of an example embodiment. In theillustrated example architecture, the model documentation generatingtool 400 comprises a model layer 410, a view layer 450, and a controllerlayer 460. The model documentation generating tool 400 may furthercomprise and/or communicate with one or more databases and/or other datasources 480. In various embodiments, the result of executing the modeldocumentation generating tool 400 based on a project is the generationand provision of the model documentation 470. In various embodiments,the model documentation generating tool 400 may be re-executed on theproject to regenerate the model documentation 470. In variousembodiments, the model documentation generating tool 400 may bere-executed on the project using a different configuration and/orparameters to generate a model documentation 470 designed for adifferent audience and/or having a different aesthetic appearance.

In various embodiments, the view layer 450 is configured to generate,store, merge, manage, update, and/or the like project templates 452(e.g., 452A-452C). In various embodiments, the project templates 452 aregenerated, merged, updated, and/or the like in accordance with anyapplicable rules and regulations. For example, the project templates 452may each be associated with a particular type (e.g., project template452A may be associated with model type A and project template 452C maybe associated with model type C) such that a project template may beused for generating a validation report for models of the particulartype. For example, if a rule or regulation indicated that models of aparticular type should be evaluated based on a particular test and setof test data, and/or the like, the project template 452 associated withthe particular type may comprise executable code to cause the particulartest to be executed for the model using the set of test data and cause adescription of the test and results of the test to be integrated intothe resulting validation report 470. For example, a project template 452may be configured to cause a validation report 470 generated using theproject template 452 to include the sections, information, test results,and/or the like required by applicable rules and regulations for modelsof the corresponding particular type. In various embodiments, a projecttemplate 452 is selected (e.g., via user interaction with a userinterface such as input-output circuitry 28 of a user computing entity20 and/or via an automated selection based on a model type) as part ofsetting up a project. As document fragment files are generated for theproject, each document fragment file is associated with a section of theproject template 452. For example, a build notebook file may begenerated based on the selected project template 452 and may bepopulated with the file names and/or paths of the document fragmentfiles to be included within various portions, sections, and/or the likeof the model documentation 470. In various embodiments, aspects of theview layer 450 are configured to control which sections are provided inthe model documentation 470, specific information/data presentationswithin various sections of the model documentation 470, and the layoutof the model documentation 470 (e.g., the ordering of the sections,and/or the like). For example, processing of a template 452 may causeone or more notebooks (e.g., a build notebook) of a project to begenerated such that execution of the project (e.g., the one or morenotebooks) causes model documentation to be assembled in accordance withthe template.

The model layer 410 is configured to manage, generate, and/or receivecontent for the model documentation 470. In various embodiments, themodel layer 410 comprises a plurality of sublayers. For example, a firstsublayer 440 may comprise interfaces 442 (e.g., application programminginterfaces (APIs)) configured to communicate with one or more databases480 and/or other information/data sources. For example, information/datato be included in the model documentation 470 may be extracted and/oraccessed from one or more databases 480 or other data sources (e.g.,model documentation documents describing, for example, the generation,design, and/or building of the model; rules and/or regulations; resultsand/or representations thereof from similar models; and/or the like) viaone or more interfaces 442. In an example embodiment, the interfaces 442may also comprise one or more interfaces to a user interface (e.g., aninteractive user interface (IUI), graphic user interface (GUI), and/orthe like) configured to receive information/data provided by a userthrough input-output circuitry 28 of user computing device 20. Forexample, a user may type or otherwise generate content to be included inthe model documentation 470 via a user interface and an interface 442may be used to receive the content from the user interface and providethe content in a manner that the content may be included in one or moredocument fragments that are identified in the build notebook via aninterface 442. In various embodiments, the interfaces 442 may furtherinclude interfaces configured to interface with libraries and/or othermodules of the model assessment and testing framework 444 and/orpresentation and/or automation modules 448. In an example embodiment,the interfaces 442 may comprise application program interfaces (APIs).

The first sublayer 440 may further comprise a model assessment andtesting framework 444, presentation and/or automation modules 448,and/or the like. For example, the model assessment and testing framework444 may be and/or comprise one or more libraries comprising functions,operations, decision making algorithms, and/or the like for use inperforming one or more tests of a model and interpreting the results ofthe model. Some non-limiting examples of model assessment and testingframeworks, for example for capital market-related models, may includenumerical frameworks like a Monte Carlo simulation engine, partialdifferential equation solvers, analytical frameworks to test thetheoretical soundness of models, and/or the like. In variousembodiments, the presentation and/or automation modules 448 may beconfigured to generate text, tables, graphs and/or other images, and/orother content based on the results provided by a model and/or theresults of one or more tests of the model. For example, the presentationand/or automation modules 448 may comprise modules, computer executablecode portions, and/or computer executable instructions for generatingimages, graphs, tables, and/or data visualizations from results of atest executed on a model and/or other data. For example, thepresentation and/or automation modules 448 may generate a graph, alegend for the graph, a caption for the graph, and/or the like. Forexample, the presentation and/or automation modules 448 may beconfigured to perform various formatting and/or visualization generationtasks to automate the generation of results, graphical representationsof results, text corresponding to results, and/or the like correspondingto one or more tests that may be executed on a model. In an exampleembodiment, the model layer 410 comprises a second sublayer 430. In anexample embodiment, the second sublayer 430 of the model layer 410 maycomprise regulatory and/or validation measure modules 432. For example,the regulatory and/or validation measure modules 432 may comprisevarious modules, computer executable code portions, computer executableinstructions, and/or the like for evaluating pricing measures, riskmeasures, regulatory compliance, and/or other measures of a model. Invarious embodiments, the components of the second sublayer 430 may calland/or use components of the first sublayer 440. For example, aregulatory and/or validation measure module 432 may call and/or use aninterface 442 to access various information/data from a database 480,cause one or more tests to be executed on the model using a particulardata set, cause a particular graphical representation of test results tobe generated, and/or the like.

In an example embodiment, the model layer 410 comprises a third sublayer420. In an example embodiment, the third sublayer 420 comprises modeltype-specific or model-specific tests 422 (e.g., 422A-422C). Forexample, models of a particular type may be evaluated based on aparticular set of tests using the third sublayer 420. In anotherexample, tests specific to a particular model or model type may begenerated and/or executed using the third sublayer 420. In an exampleembodiment, the third sublayer 420 may call and/or use portions of thesecond sublayer 430 and/or first sublayer 440. For example, duringexecution of the model documentation generation tool 400, the thirdsublayer 420 may be configured to execute one or more tests of themodel, possibly using interfaces 442 to components of the second and/orfirst sub layers 420, 410 to cause various analysis to be performed onthe test results and/or graphical representations to be generated.

In various embodiments, the model documentation generation tool 400comprises a controller layer 460. In an example embodiment, thecontroller layer 460 is configured to bootstrap and/or orchestrate theat least partial automation of the model documentation generation. Invarious embodiments, a project is configurable and parameterizable andthe controller layer 460 is the portion of the model documentationgeneration tool 400 that receives and uses the configuration input 464and parameters 462 provided (e.g., via user interaction with theinput-output circuitry 28 of the user computing device 20). For example,the configuration input 464 defines the presentation and the environmentcorresponding to the model documentation 470. For example, theconfiguration input 464 isolates the content (e.g., managed via themodel layer 410) and the presentation thereof. In an example embodiment,the parameters 462 define the validation tests to be performed. Forexample, the parameters 462 may indicate a particular type of the modelbeing validated. In an example embodiment, parameters 462 allow forgenerating different flavors for a model documentation 470. In variousembodiments, the configuration input 464 and parameters 462 (e.g.,462A-462C) facilitate the reproducibility of a model documentation 470and reusability of a project. In an example embodiment, at least one ofthe parameters 462 are specific to a particular model and/or specific toa particular type of model. For example, the configuration input 464 isconfigured to define the presentation of content within the IUIcode-text platform and/or in the final output model documentation. In anexample embodiment, the configuration input is configured to define thefile type of the model documentation (e.g., PDF or other file format).In various embodiments, presentation includes the styling of differentdata fragments like tables, figures, equations, text, and/or the like.Some non-limiting examples of styling includes item (e.g., graph,figure, table, etc.) placement, font type, font size, and/or the like.Content is defined in the code-text platform input and output cells. Asdescribed in more detail elsewhere herein, there are different types ofinput cells such as markdown cells 510, code cells 520, and raw cells530. The output cells can have different MIME or media types. There arepre-defined presentation templates which will convert the differenttypes of input and output cell contents into the intermediate markupcode (for example LaTeX). The configuration input 464 and parameters 462define the mapping of pre-defined templates to different input andoutput cells of the code-text platform. Some of these templates may evenbe parameterized (e.g., based on parameters 462) and be defined in theconfiguration. In various embodiments, the controller layer 460 iscoupled to a user interface (e.g., provided via input-output circuitry28 of the user computing device 20) such that the controller layer 460may receive user input (e.g., the configuration input 464) via userinteraction with the input-output circuitry 28.

In various embodiments, the view layer 450 is implemented as thecode-text platform in which the model document is written. Presentationtemplates stored, maintained, and/or accessed by the presentation andautomation modules 448 map content to presentation. The configurationinput 464 defines what presentation templates to use for what type ofinput-output content. In an example embodiment, the presentationtemplates are implemented as plug-ins of the code-text platform. Thecontroller layer 460 drives the conversion of the view (e.g., thecode-text platform file(s) such as Jupyter notebook(s)) to anintermediate format (e.g., a .TeX file format with LaTeX is thetype-setting system used) code by applying the presentation templates(e.g., possibly in the form of plug-ins). The intermediate format isthen compiled (e.g., using a type-setting system compiler, such as aLaTeX compiler) to produce the final model documentation (e.g., a PDFfile). Parameters to the presentation templates (e.g., plug-ins), can bedefined at the configuration layer 460 (such as parameters 462 forgeneric parameters like ignoring contents of all code cells, forexample) or parameters can be defined in meta-data for input cells ofthe code-text platform (e.g., such as a caption for a table or placementof a table).

FIG. 5 illustrates an example view of an IUI 500 of the code-textplatform used to generate model documentation in an at leastsemi-automated manner. For example, the IUI 500 may be provided and/orinteracted with via the input-output circuitry 28 of the user computingdevice 20. In various embodiments, the IUI 500 comprises a menu bar 502,a tool bar 504, and a notebook view portion 506. In various embodiments,interaction, via the input-output circuitry 28 of the user computingdevice 20, with the menu bar 502 provides access to a variety of menusof the IUI 500, including, in an example embodiment, menus correspondingto file options (e.g., save, save as, create new notebook, open, print,etc.), edit options (e.g., copy, cut, paste, etc.), view options (e.g.,edit view, preview view, edit-preview view, etc.), insert options, celloptions (e.g., new markdown cell, new code cell, new raw cell, duplicatecell, execute cell, execute set of cells, execute all cells, etc.),kernel options, widget options, help options, and/or the like. Invarious embodiments, interaction, via the input-output circuitry 28 ofthe user computing device 20, with the tool bar 504 provides one clickaccess to various tools, such as copy, cut, paste, save, new notebook,scroll up, scroll down, execute notebook, stop executing notebook, redo,undo, execute next cell, cell execution options, and/or the like.

In various embodiments, the notebook view portion 506 is configured tobe populated with one or more input-output cells (e.g., markdown cell510, code cell 520, raw cell 530, and/or the like). For example, the IUI500 provided in FIG. 5 is populated with a markdown cell 510, a codecell 520, and a raw cell 530; however, other various example embodimentsmay comprise an RI configured to be populated by a different numberand/or different combination of cells and cell classes as to follow adefault configuration, a user input configuration, or any otherconfiguration means. In various embodiments, a model documentation maybe generated by executing a notebook and/or a project comprising one ormore notebooks with a kernel of the code-text platform and via anexecution engine of model documentation generation tool 400. In anexample embodiment, the controller layer 460 comprises the executionengine. For example, the notebook and/or one or more notebooks of aproject may be first executed by a kernel of the code-text platform andthe results thereof may be passed to an execution engine of the modeldocumentation generation tool 400 wherein the various content (e.g.,results of executing the notebook and/or one or more notebooks of theproject; graphical representations of executing one or more model tests;text, tables, and/or figures extracted from documentation correspondingto a model corresponding to the model documentation; and/or the like)maintained by and/or accessed via the model layer 410, may be combinedand/or further processed (e.g., by the controller layer 460) to generatethe model documentation in accordance with the project template 452,parameters 462, configuration input 464, and/or the like. In variousembodiments, executing the notebook and/or one or more notebooks of aproject (e.g., via the kernel of the code-text platform and thecontroller layer 460) causes model documentation to be generated. Invarious embodiments, the model documentation may be PDF document and/orother printable and/or displayable document format. In an exampleembodiment, the controller layer 460 may execute the results ofexecuting the notebook and/or one or more notebooks of a project(including any raw cells 530 not executed by the kernel) using a LaTeXor other type-setting system compiler. For example, the controller layer460 may comprise a LaTeX compiler and/or other type-setting systemcompiler configured to execute the results of executing the notebookand/or one or more notebooks of the project to generate the modeldocumentation.

In various embodiments, the one or more cells may comprise variousclasses of cells. For example, the one or more cells may comprise one ormore markdown cells 510 configured for receiving, storing, and/orcontaining markdown text. In various embodiments, the markdown text maybe provided via user input (e.g., via input-output circuitry 28),automatically generated and/or populated based on a template 452,automatically generated and/or populated based on information/dataextracted from documentation corresponding to a model, automaticallygenerated and/or populated based on an analysis of the results ofexecuting one or more model validation tests on the model, and/or thelike. In various embodiments, a markdown cell 510 may be executed by acompiler (e.g., the execution engine and/or a compiler within thecode-text platform) associated with a programming language supported bya kernel associated with, supported by, and/or accessible to thecode-text platform and/or a type-setting system compiler. In anotherexample, the one or more cells may comprise one or more code cells 520.In various embodiments, a code cell 520 comprises an input portion 522and an output portion 524. In an example embodiment, the input portion522 is configured for receiving user input providing executable code ina coding language (e.g., a first programming language such as C++,Python, Java, and/or the like in various embodiments). In variousembodiments, the coding language corresponds to at least one kernelassociated with, supported by, and/or accessible to the code-textplatform. In various embodiments, when the code cell 520 is executed bya compiler (e.g., the execution engine and/or a compiler within thecode-text platform) associated with a programming language supported bya kernel associated with, supported by, and/or accessible to thecode-text platform), the processor 22 of the user computing entityexecutes the executable code in the input portion 522 and provides anoutput and/or result of executing the executable code in the outputportion 524 of the code cell 520. In various embodiments, the outputportion 524 may include a representation (e.g., that is displayed viathe input-output circuitry 28) of the output and/or result of executingthe executable code in a first format and an output and/or result ofexecuting the executable code (that is not displayed via theinput-output circuitry 28) in a second format. For example, the firstformat may be HTML and the second format may be a format of thetype-setting system (e.g., LaTeX). For example, the second format mayinclude a LaTeX coded version of the output and/or result of executingthe executable code. For example, when the input portion 522 of the codecell 520 is executed (e.g., by an execution engine of the controllerlayer 460) a first format output may be generated for display and, usingan API, in an example embodiment, a second format output may begenerated for inclusion in the intermediary file (e.g., but not bedisplayed). In an example embodiment, the one or more cells comprise oneor more raw cells 530. In an example embodiment, a raw cell 530comprises a content portion 532 and a metadata portion 534. In variousembodiments, a raw cell 530 is not executed by a kernel of the code-textplatform. For example, when a model documentation is generated, anotebook generated using the code-text platform may be executed suchthat each markdown and/or code cell 510, 520 of the notebook is executedby the kernel of the code-text platform (e.g., the execution engine) andthe results thereof (and the raw cells 530 of the notebook) are thenexecuted via the type-setting system compiler of the controller layer460 of the model documentation generation tool 400. In variousembodiments, the content portion 532 of a raw cell 530 may receive,store, and/or contain various types of input. In an example embodiment,the content portion 532 may receive, store, and/or contain LaTeX orother type-setting system input. For example, equations, figures,tables, and/or the like may be defined in the content portion 532 of araw cell 530. For example, the content portion 532 may contain a textstring defining an equation; a pathname and/or file name to a documentand/or file containing an equation, figure, and/or table; a text stringproviding the contents of a table; and/or the like. In variousembodiments, the metadata portion 534 of a raw cell 530 is configured toreceive, store, and/or contain metadata corresponding to the equation,figure, and/or table defined in the content portion 532 of the raw cell530. For example, a raw cell 530 may comprise one or more pairs ofcontent portions 532 and corresponding metadata portions 534. Forexample, the metadata received, stored, and/or contained in the metadataportion 534 of a raw cell 530 may comprise a label, an environment type(e.g., equation, table, figure, and/or the like), a trusted flag, and/orthe like corresponding to the content in the content portion 532 of theraw cell 530. In various embodiments, a label defined in the metadataportion 534 of a raw cell 530 may be referred to in a markdown cell 510to refer to the equation, table, figure, and/or the like defined in thecontent portion 532 that is paired with metadata portion 534 in raw cell530. For example, when the content of a markdown cell 510 is executed bythe controller layer 460 (e.g., a LaTeX or other type-setting systemcompiler of the controller layer 460) and identifies a label defined ina raw cell 530 of the notebook, a reference to the content of the rawcell 530 (e.g., defined in the content portion 532) may be inserted inthe resulting model documentation. In an example embodiment, the firsttime (e.g., of a particular execution of a notebook or projectcomprising one or more notebooks) a markdown cell 510 is executed by thecontroller layer 460 (e.g., a LaTeX or other type-setting systemcompiler of the controller layer 460) and that identifies a labeldefined in a raw cell 530 of the notebook, the content of the raw cell530 (e.g., defined in the content portion 532) may be inserted in theresulting model documentation. Though not illustrated, in variousembodiments, markdown cells 510 and/or code cells 520 may includemetadata portions. For example, such metadata portions may includeparameters regarding the execution of the content of the cell by theexecution engine or the LaTeX or other type-setting system compiler.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating operations performed, such as by anetwork device 10 or a user computing device 20 to provide a modeldocumentation, in accordance with an example embodiment. Starting atstep/operation 602, a model is established. For example, a model may bebuilt, generated, created, and/or the like. For example, a user mayoperate a user computing device 20 (e.g., via input-output circuitry 28)to generate one or more executable code portions that, when executed bya processor (e.g., processor 12, 22) generate one or more predictions,analysis results and/or the like based on a model (e.g., a qualitativeand/or quantitative model). In various embodiments, details and/oraspects of the model may depend on the model type and/or details of theparticular model. In various embodiments, the model is associated with amodel identifier (e.g., an alphanumeric string and/or the like)configured to identify the model.

At step/operation 604, a project is set up. For example, a user mayoperate a user computing device 20 (e.g., via input-output circuitry 28)to cause the processor 22 and/or memory 24 to generate a projectcorresponding to the model. For example, generating a project maycomprise selecting a template 452, a model type that may be used formaking an automated template selection, and/or information/datacorresponding to a model (e.g., the associated model identifier) thatmay be used for making an automated template selection based on acorresponding model type. In an example embodiment, the input selectingthe template 452 may comprise a user operating a user computing device20 to save a template file storing the selected template 452 to aparticular location (e.g., within a project folder) and/or providing apathname/filename to the location of the selected template 452. Invarious embodiments, setting up a project may comprise generating and/orinitiating one or more notebooks of the project. For example, the one ormore notebooks may comprise a build notebook configured for providing,receiving, storing, containing, and/or defining parameters 462 and/orconfiguration input 464. For example, the one or more notebooks maycomprise a main notebook configured for receiving, storing, and/orcontaining content to be included in the model documentation.

At step/operation 606, a database worksheet may be generated, created,and/or edited. For example, the user computing device 20 (and/or thenetwork device 10) may create, generate, and/or edit a worksheet basedon a database (e.g., stored in memory 14, 24) comprisinginformation/data relating to the model, results generated based at leastin part on the model, and/or the like. For example, the database maycomprise results of executing one or more validation tests of the modeland/or information/data corresponding to the model. For example, thedatabase may comprise information/data identifying documents documentingand/or comprising information/data regarding generation, development,and/or the like of the model. In various embodiments, information/datain the database worksheet may be incorporated into the modeldocumentation and/or used to extract and/or access information/data(e.g., from documentation corresponding to the model) to be incorporatedinto the model documentation upon execution of the project by thecontroller layer 460. In an example embodiment, a user may interact withthe database worksheet via an IUI of the code-text platform.

In various embodiments, in order to generate the database worksheet, auser (e.g., via input-output circuitry 28 of a user computing device 20)provides information identifying the model. In various embodiments, theinformation identifying the model may include a model identificationlabel or number, a model type, and/or the like. The user computingdevice 20 and/or network device 10 may execute executable code (e.g.,python, java, C++ code) of the controller layer 460 fetches, gets,and/or accesses the information/data for populating the databaseworksheet from one or more databases 480. The model documentation mayincorporate and/or include parts of this information/data directlyand/or may include an assessment (e.g., how this information/dataimpacts the model, results of the model, functioning/operation of themodel, and/or the like) of the information/data. In various embodiments,generating the database worksheet includes converting theinformation/data fetched, gotten, and/or accessed from the database 480into a worksheet format. In various embodiments, the worksheet format isand/or is generated through execution and/or processing of a document ofthe code-text platform (e.g., a Jupyter notebook). For example, aexecutable code portion may be executed (e.g., by processor 12, 22 toconvert the information/data fetched, gotten, and/or accessed from thedatabase 480 into a worksheet format. In various embodiments, theworksheet format comprises text or other information/data fetched,gotten, and/or accessed from the database 480. In various embodiments,the worksheet format comprises text that is added by a user (e.g., viainteraction with input-output circuitry 28 of the user computing device20). In an example, embodiment, a user (e.g., interacting withinput-output circuitry 28 of the user computing device 20) may addadditional information/data to the worksheet, such as assessment, andprovides input causing execution of the database worksheet (e.g., acode-text platform notebook comprising the database worksheet) to storethe database worksheet to a meta-store. In an example embodiment, themeta-store is a database of comprising components (e.g., documentfragments, the database worksheet, and/or the like) for the modeldocumentation. In various embodiments, during the report generation(e.g., at step/operation 612) the execution engine executes controllercode to place various aspects of the information/data and/or text in thedatabase worksheet into various graphical representations (e.g., tables,graphs, text, and/or the like) in the appropriate sections/regions ofthe model documentation.

At step/operation 608, a build notebook corresponding to the project isedited. In various embodiments, the build notebook defines the workflowperformed when the project is executed to generate the modeldocumentation. For example, a user operating a user computing device 20(e.g., via input-output circuitry 28) may edit a build notebookgenerated and/or initiated as part of a project corresponding to amodel. In various embodiments, the build notebook may compriseparameters 462, configuration input 464, a template 452 selection(and/or information/data used to make template selection such as a modeltype), identification of a database worksheet, and/or the like. Forexample, a user operating a user computing device 20 may edit a buildnotebook to include appropriate content and/or identifiers of parameters462, configuration input 464, a template selection 452 (and/orinformation/data used to make template selection such as a model type),identification of a database worksheet, and/or the like. In an exampleembodiment, a user may generate and/or edit a build notebook via an IUIof the code-text platform.

At step/operation 610, a main notebook may be edited, written, and/orthe like. For example, a user operating a user computing device 20(e.g., via input-output circuitry 28) may edit, write, and/or the like amain notebook of a project corresponding to the model. For example, themain notebook may comprise content and/or identifiers of content to beincluded in the model documentation. For example, a user may operate auser computing device 20 to provide content (and/or metadata) to one ormore cells (e.g., 510, 520, 530) within a notebook of the code-textplatform. In various embodiments, the steps/operations 608 and 610 maybe performed in an iterative manner and/or concurrent manner. Forexample, one or more users (e.g., operating respective user computingdevices 20) may update and/or edit the build notebook and write and/oredit the main notebook at least semi-concurrently, iteratively, and/orthe like.

In various embodiments, the build notebook, main notebook, databaseworksheet, and/or the like allow a user to add content to beincorporated into the model documentation. In various embodiments, thecontent may be text (e.g., markdown text) to add narrative for the modeldocumentation, executable code that generates python objects which couldbe represented as tables, charts, graphs, equations, and/or the like inthe model documentation, artifacts, such as issues, limitations,restrictions, and/or the like associated with a model and/or one or moremodel tests that were and/or are to be executed on the model, and/or thelike. In an example embodiment, the IUI components embedded within thecode-text platform ask the user a series of questions (e.g., viainput-output circuitry 28) and the user provides responses to thequestions (e.g., via interaction with the input-output circuitry 28).Executable code corresponding to the IUI components may then generatedstandard text based on the responses provided by the user.

In various embodiments, the build notebook allows a variety of necessaryelements, artifacts, and/or the like to be populated in a singlelocation and committed to an internal and/or project specific database(e.g., the meta-store). In an example embodiment, the build notebookand/or template comprises executable code configured to, when executed(e.g., by processor 22), automatically places/presents the elements,artifacts, and/or the like defined in the build notebook intoappropriate sections of the model documentation. For example, theelements, artifacts, and/or the like may be accessed from the internaland/or project specific database (e.g., the meta-store) and incorporatedinto the intermediary file and/or model documentation at the appropriatelocations (e.g., as indicated by the template). For example, a user(e.g., via input-output circuitry 28 of a user computing device 20) mayprovide and/or define one or more artifacts necessary for the modeldocumentation and/or the template may indicate one or more artifacts tobe extracted (e.g., from one or more documents corresponding to themodel, one or more documents corresponding to rules and/or regulationsthat are applicable to the model and/or an application thereof, and/orthe like) for use in the model documentation. As used herein, anartifact may be a file; portion of a file; content (e.g., text,graphic/graph, table, and/or the like) contained in a file, portion of afile, and/or one or more cells of a notebook of the project; and/or thelike.

At step/operation 612, a model documentation is generated. For example,a user may provide input (e.g., via input-output circuitry 28 of a usercomputing device 20) that triggers the execution of a project togenerate a model documentation. For example, a user (e.g., operating theuser computing device 20) may select a “run” or “execute interfaceelement and/or button in the IUI of the code-text platform. For example,one or more notebooks of the project (e.g., the build notebook, the mainnotebook, the database worksheet, and/or other notebooks such as areference notebook (a .bib document)) may be executed by the kernel ofthe code-text platform (e.g., via the execution engine of the controllerlayer 460).

In an example embodiment, the execution engine may cause executable codeof the one or more notebooks of the project to be executed to generatean intermediary file encoding the output and/or results of executing theone or more notebooks of the project in a format corresponding to thetype-setting system. For example, the output and/or result of executingthe one or more notebooks may be a .tex file comprising LaTeX encodedcontent when the type-setting system is LaTeX. For example, the templateused to generate the one or more notebooks of the project may includeexecutable code (that is then populated into the one or more notebooksof the project) that causes various components to be incorporated intothe appropriate locations within the intermediary file (and theresulting model documentation). For example, executing the one or morenotebooks of the project may cause a model test to be executed on themodel and various graphical representations (e.g., tables, graphs, text,and/or the like) representing and/or summarizing the results of themodel test. A first graphical representation representing and/orsummarizing the results of the model test may be incorporated into afirst section of the intermediary file and/or model documentation, asecond graphical representation representing and/or summarizing theresults of the model test (and being different from the first graphicalrepresentation) may be incorporated into a second section of theintermediary file and/or model documentation, in accordance with theassociated template. In various embodiments, various elements (e.g.,equations graphical representations, extracted portions of documents,user provided content, and/or the like) may be cross-referenced invarious sections of the resulting model documentation. When theexecutable code is of the template is executed, various cross-referencesto various elements may be resolved such that the intermediary fileencodes appropriate cross-references that cause the indicated elementsto be properly incorporated and/or referenced in various sections of theresulting model documentation.

The intermediary file generated through execution of the one or morenotebooks of the project and any cells and/or other documents (e.g., a.bib document identifying references related to the model) may then beprocessed and/or executed by a LaTeX or other type-setting systemcompiler and/or other processing engine to generate a modeldocumentation. For example, execution of the one or more notebooks ofthe project may cause one or more model tests corresponding to the modelto be executed, one or more graphical representations of the results ofexecuting one or more model tests to be generated, and/or the like. Thegraphical representations may then be incorporated into the modeldocumentation via execution of the one or more notebooks by the kernelof the code-text platform and/or by the controller layer 460 (e.g., anexecution engine and/or a LaTeX or other type-setting system compiler).In various embodiments, execution of the one or more notebooks of theproject causes a model documentation having the layout and/or formatindicated by the selected template 452 to be generated having thecontent of the main notebook and/or other component corresponding to themodel layer 410. The model documentation may then be stored in memory(e.g., memory 14, 24) and/or provided via input/output circuitry 18, 28.For example, the model documentation may be displayed via theinput-output circuitry 18, 28.

In various embodiments, the report may be regenerated at step/operation614. For example, a report identical to the previously generated reportmay be generated (although with a different time stamp). In anotherexample, the parameters 462, configuration input 464, and/or template452 may be modified and a model documentation having a different lookand/or feel (e.g., different layout, different formatting, sectionsorganized in a different manner, different graphical representations ofmodel test results, and/or the like) may be generated. For example, auser may provide input (e.g., via input-output circuitry 28 of a usercomputing device 20) that triggers the execution of a project toregenerate model documentation. For example, one or more notebooks ofthe project (e.g., the build notebook, the main notebook, and/or othernotebooks such as a reference notebook (e.g., a .bib document)) may bere-executed by the kernel of the code-text platform (e.g., by theexecution engine). The results of re-executing the one or more notebooksof the project and any cells and/or other documents (e.g., a .bibdocument identifying references related to the model) may then beprocessed and/or executed by a type-setting system compiler (e.g., aLaTeX compiler) and/or other processing engine to re-generate a modeldocumentation.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating operations performed, such as by anetwork device 10 or a user computing device 20 to provide a modeldocumentation, in accordance with an example embodiment describedherein. For example, an execution engine of the controller layer 460operating on a network device 10 and/or a user computing device 20 mayperform one or more steps/operations/processes illustrated in FIG. 7 .For example, the operations, processes, and/or procedures illustrated inFIG. 7 may be complete as part of step/operation 612 and/or 614. Invarious embodiments, the steps/operations/procedures/processesillustrated in FIG. 7 may be executed in an automated manner. In variousembodiments, the automated execution of thesteps/operations/procedures/processes illustrated in FIG. 7 correspondsto the at least semi-automated generation of the model documentation.

Starting at step/operation 702, a build notebook, main notebook,database worksheet, and/or other notebooks of a project corresponding toa model are read (including the selected template 452, in an exampleembodiment). For example, user computing device 20 and/or network device10 may read a build notebook, main notebook, database worksheet, and/orother notebooks of a project corresponding to a model. In variousembodiments, the build notebook and/or other notebooks of the projectmay be executed by a kernel of the code-text platform. For example, anyPython, Java, C++, and/or other executable code present in the buildnotebook, main notebook, database worksheet, and/or other notebooks ofthe project and supported by a kernel of the code-text platform maybeexecuted (e.g., by a kernel of the code-text platform). For example, theuser computing device 20 and/or network device 10 may execute any codepresent in the build notebook, main notebook, database worksheet, and/orother notebooks of the project corresponding to the model and supportedby a kernel of the code-text platform (e.g., via the kernel of thecode-text platform).

For example, as described above with respect to FIG. 6 , one or moreusers (e.g., interacting with input-output circuitry 28 of respectiveuser computing devices 20) may generate a project (e.g., comprising oneor more notebooks of a code-text platform) for a generating modeldocumentation. The one or more notebooks may then be read atstep/operation 702. For example, a user (e.g., interacting withinput-output circuitry 28) may use a code-text platform to define aproject comprising a build notebook, main notebook, database worksheet,and/or other notebooks to define content including text, tables, graphs,equations, and/or the like. In various embodiments, the content isdefined using defined constructs like markdown for text, pandasdataframe for tables, images for plots, and/or the like. In variousembodiments, a user (e.g., interacting with input-output circuitry 28)may define validation specific artifacts and/or model test specificartifacts such as findings, limitations, restrictions, and/or the likefor the model. For example, a user (e.g., via input-output circuitry 28)may provide input inserted into the database worksheet which comprisesadditional artifacts (e.g., information/data and/or text) for use in themodel documentation. When executable code of the controller layer 460(e.g., execution engine, type-setting system compiler, and/or the like)is executed to generate the model documentation, content and artifacts(e.g., graphical representations of model test results; text-baseddescriptions of model tests and/or various aspects of the model; userprovided and/or user defined content; information/data and/or text fromthe database worksheet; information/data, text, figures, tables, and/orthe like extracted from one or more documents pertaining to the model,and/or the like) are assembled into the model documentation. Forexample, the controller layer 460 may use configuration input 464 toapply presentation templates to all content and/or artifacts such thatan intermediate format (e.g., .tex) file is generated. The type-settingsystem compiler may then execute, process and/or convert theintermediate format file into a publishable model documentation (e.g., aPDF format file).Continuing with FIG. 7 , at step/operation 704, one ormore model tests are executed. For example, execution of the buildnotebook, main notebook, database worksheet, and/or other notebooks of aproject corresponding to the model and/or user input (e.g., provided viainput-output circuitry 18, 28) may cause one or more model tests to beexecuted. In various embodiments, the model tests executed may bedetermined based on a model type corresponding to the model. Forexample, the network device 10 and/or user computing device 20 mayexecute one or more model tests. For example, the execution of one ormore model tests may generate test results. In various embodiments, themodel tests executed are determined based on information/data read fromthe build notebook, main notebook, database worksheet, and/or othernotebook of the project.

At step/operation 706, one or more graphical representations of the testresults may be generated. For example, the network device 10 and/or usercomputing device 20 may generate one or more graphical representationsof the test results generated by executing one or more model tests. Inan example embodiment, the graphical representations generated may bedetermined based on the template 452 indicated by the build notebookand/or a template 452 indicated by a model type indicated in the buildnotebook. In an example embodiment, the graphical representationsgenerated may be determined based on presentation templates of thepresentation and automation modules 448. In various embodiments, thegraphical representations comprise graphs, tables, text summarizingand/or describing the test results (e.g., generated by a naturallanguage processing engine and/or the like), and/or the like. Forexample, one or more data points generated as part of the test resultsmay be plotted in a graph, listed in a table, and/or described in text.In various embodiments, various libraries may be accessed (e.g., viaapplication programming interface (API) calls and/or via other methods)as part of generating the graphical representations based on thetemplate 452, parameters 462, presentation and automation modules 448,and/or configuration input 464.

At step/operation 708, documentation corresponding to the model may beaccessed. For example, a database 480 may store one or more documentscorresponding to model generation, model use or operation, and/or thelike. A network device 10 and/or user computing device 20 may accesssuch documentation and extract one or more portions of the documentation(e.g., tables, figures, references, text, and/or the like). For example,one or more portions of documents that document the generation, usecases, results, and/or other information/data corresponding to a modelmay be accessed and/or extracted. In an example embodiment, thedocuments and/or portions thereof that are accessed and/or extracted maybe determined based on the selected template 452, the presentation andautomation modules 448, the regulatory and/or validation measures 432,and/or the like.

As a result of performing steps/operations 702-708, an intermediary fileis generated. In various embodiments, the intermediary file comprisescross-references to various elements (e.g., equations, graphicalrepresentations, extraction portions of documentation, user providedcontent, and/or the like) to be included in the model documentation. Invarious embodiments, the intermediary file is a type-setting systemencoded version of the model documentation. For example, when thetype-setting system is LaTeX, the intermediary file may be a .tex filethat, when executed by a LaTeX compiler, causes the model documentationto be generated, published, and/or the like.

A step/operation 710, the project is passed to a type-setting systemcompiler (e.g., a LaTeX compiler) or other compiler. In an exampleembodiment, the intermediary file is accessed by the type-setting systemcompiler in an automated manner (e.g., without the user having toprovide further input after initiating the execution engine atstep/operation 702). In an example embodiment, a user provides input(e.g., via input-output circuitry 28) that causes the intermediary fileto be provided to the type-setting system compiler. For example, thenetwork device 10 and/or user computing device 20 may cause (a) theintermediary file; (b) information/data, figures, text, tables,references, and/or the like extracted for the documentationcorresponding to the model; (c) graphical representations of the testresults; and/or the like, to be passed to and/or accessed by atype-setting system compiler (e.g., LaTeX compiler) and/or othercompiler. The type-setting system compiler (e.g., LaTeX compiler) and/orother compiler may read (a) the intermediary file; (b) information/data,figures, text, tables, references, and/or the like extracted for thedocumentation corresponding to the model; (c) graphical representationsof the test results; and/or the like, and compile the same into adocument at step/operation 712. For example, the type-setting systemcompiler (e.g., LaTeX compiler) and/or other compiler may generate amodel documentation based on (a) the intermediary file; (b)information/data, figures, text, tables, references, and/or the likeextracted from the documentation corresponding to the model; (c)graphical representations of the test results; and/or the like based onthe template 452. In various embodiments, the model documentation is afile having a portable document format (pdf) and/or otherprintable/displayable file format. For example, based on processing (a)the results of executing the project (e.g., build notebook, mainnotebook, database worksheet, and/or one or more other notebooks of theproject) by a kernel of the code-text compiler (e.g., execution engine);(b) information/data, figures, text, tables, references, and/or the likeextracted for the documentation corresponding to the model; (c)graphical representations of the test results; and/or the like, thetype-setting system compiler (e.g., LaTeX compiler) or other compilermay generate a file comprising the model documentation. The modeldocumentation may be assembled based on and/or in accordance with thebuild notebook and/or other notebooks of the project, generatedgraphical representations, accessed documents and/or extracted documentportions, template 452, parameters 462, and/or configuration input 464.In various embodiments, various libraries may be accessed via interfaces442 (e.g., via application programming interface (API) calls and/or viaother methods) as part of assembling the model documentation based onthe build notebook, main notebook, database worksheet, and/or othernotebooks of the project, generated graphical representations, accesseddocuments and/or extracted document portions, template 452, parameters462, and/or configuration input 464. For example, the type-settingsystem (e.g., LaTeX) compiler and/or other compiler may publish a modeldocumentation document/file. The file comprising the model documentationmay then be stored to memory 14, 24.

At step/operation 716, the model documentation may be provided. Forexample, the network device 10 may provide (e.g., via communicationsinterface 16) and/or the user computing device 20 may provide (e.g., viainput-output circuitry 28) the model documentation. For example, themodel documentation may be displayed via a monitor associated with theuser computing device 20, provided via an electronic communication(e.g., email, notification, and/or the like) and/or otherwise providedfor user review. Thus, in various embodiments, a model documentation maybe generated using a project comprising one or more notebooks of acode-text platform in a reproducible, at least semi-automated manner.

FIGS. 6 and 7 each illustrate flowcharts describing sets of operationsperformed by apparatuses, methods, and computer program productsaccording to various example embodiments. It will be understood thateach block of the flowcharts, and combinations of blocks in theflowcharts, may be implemented by various means, embodied as hardware,firmware, circuitry, and/or other devices associated with execution ofsoftware including one or more software instructions. For example, oneor more of the operations described above may be embodied by softwareinstructions. In this regard, the software instructions which embody theprocedures described above may be stored by a memory of an apparatusemploying an embodiment of the present invention and executed by aprocessor of that apparatus. As will be appreciated, any such softwareinstructions may be loaded onto a computer or other programmableapparatus (e.g., hardware) to produce a machine, such that the resultingcomputer or other programmable apparatus implements the functionsspecified in the flowchart blocks. These software instructions may alsobe stored in a computer-readable memory that may direct a computer orother programmable apparatus to function in a particular manner, suchthat the software instructions stored in the computer-readable memoryproduce an article of manufacture, the execution of which implements thefunctions specified in the flowchart blocks. The software instructionsmay also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable apparatus tocause a series of operations to be performed on the computer or otherprogrammable apparatus to produce a computer-implemented process suchthat the software instructions executed on the computer or otherprogrammable apparatus provide operations for implementing the functionsspecified in the flowchart blocks.

The flowchart blocks support combinations of means for performing thespecified functions and combinations of operations for performing thespecified functions. It will be understood that one or more blocks ofthe flowcharts, and combinations of blocks in the flowcharts, can beimplemented by special purpose hardware-based computer systems whichperform the specified functions, or combinations of special purposehardware and software instructions.

In some embodiments, some of the operations above may be modified orfurther amplified. Furthermore, in some embodiments, additional optionaloperations may be included. Modifications, amplifications, or additionsto the operations above may be performed in any order and in anycombination.

Technical Advantages

As these examples illustrate, example embodiments contemplated hereinprovide technical solutions that solve real-world problems faced in thegeneration and/or regeneration of model documentation. Traditional meansfor generating model documentation (e.g., model validation reportsand/or the like) require significant amounts of human user time andeffort that are not easily reproducible and may or may not result inmodel documentation that conforms to the current rules and/orregulations corresponding to the model. Moreover, manual generation ofmodel documentation requires a combination of different types ofdocuments, including word processing documents; code-text platformdocuments; manually generated figures, tables, and/or the like;regeneration of content corresponding to the document that has beenpreviously generated (e.g., in other documents corresponding to themodel); and/or the like. Thus, the manual generation of modeldocumentations presents a variety of shortcomings.

Various embodiments provide technical solutions to the technical problemof being able to generate model documentation in an efficient,reproducible manner by generating the model documentation in an at leastsemi-automated manner. In particular, by using a code-text platform thathas been augmented to include additional word processing functionalityto store all of the information/data and/or indications of whereinformation/data corresponding to the model are stored (e.g., indatabase 480 and/or in memory 14, 24), significant improvements areprovided. For example, various graphical representations of the modeltest results may be generated and incorporated into the modeldocumentation in an automated manner. Moreover, rework corresponding toinformation/data already documented in documentation corresponding tothe model may be prevented, in various embodiments. Thus, the modeldocumentation may be generated in a way that is easy to reproduce.Moreover, various versions (e.g., having various layouts, style formats,and/or the like) may be generated based on the same project (e.g., setof one or more notebooks of the code-text platform). Thus, variousembodiments provide improvements to the technical field of validatingmodels and generating model documentation.

Conclusion

Many modifications and other embodiments of the inventions set forthherein will come to mind to one skilled in the art to which theseinventions pertain having the benefit of the teachings presented in theforegoing descriptions and the associated drawings. Therefore, it is tobe understood that the inventions are not to be limited to the specificembodiments disclosed and that modifications and other embodiments areintended to be included within the scope of the appended claims.Moreover, although the foregoing descriptions and the associateddrawings describe example embodiments in the context of certain examplecombinations of elements and/or functions, it should be appreciated thatdifferent combinations of elements and/or functions may be provided byalternative embodiments without departing from the scope of the appendedclaims. In this regard, for example, different combinations of elementsand/or functions than those explicitly described above are alsocontemplated as may be set forth in some of the appended claims.Although specific terms are employed herein, they are used in a genericand descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for generating a model documentation inan at least semi-automated manner, the method comprising: receiving, byan interactive user interface (IUI) via input-output circuitry of a usercomputing device, user input selecting or providing information used toselect a template corresponding to a model; processing, via a processor,the template to cause a build notebook to be generated, the buildnotebook comprising a plurality of cells, at least one cell of theplurality of cells comprising executable code in at least a firstprogramming language; receiving, via the input-output circuitry of theuser computing device, user input populating at least a portion of thebuild notebook, the at least a portion of the build notebook comprising(a) a model identifier configured to identify the model and (b) one ormore cells of the plurality of cells; responsive to user input receivedvia the input-output circuitry, executing, via the processor, the buildnotebook using an execution engine to cause an intermediary file to begenerated that is encoded in a type-setting system; compiling, via theprocessor, the intermediary file using a type-setting system compiler togenerate the model documentation; and causing the model documentation tobe provided via input-output circuitry of the user computing device. 2.The method of claim 1, further comprising at least one of storing themodel documentation in a memory of the user computing device orproviding the model documentation via a communication circuitry of theuser computing device.
 3. The method of claim 1, further comprisingreceiving configuration input via user interaction with the input-outputcircuitry of the user computing device, wherein execution of the buildnotebook or compilation of the intermediary file is performed based atleast in part on the configuration input.
 4. The method of claim 1,wherein the IUI is provided via execution of a report generating programby the processor and the model documentation generating program has amodel-view-controller architecture.
 5. The method of claim 4, wherein amodel layer of the model-view-controller architecture interfaces with atleast one of a database storing information corresponding to the modelor a validation test library.
 6. The method of claim 4, wherein a viewlayer of the model-view-controller architecture is configured togenerate the build notebook based on the template.
 7. The method ofclaim 4, wherein a controller layer of the model-view-controllerarchitecture comprises the execution engine, the execution engine beingconfigured to cause a model documentation to be generated based on (a)parameters and configuration input, (b) a build notebook generated basedon the template, and (c) content of a model layer of themodel-view-controller architecture.
 8. The method of claim 1, furthercomprising generating a database worksheet by querying a databasecomprising information corresponding to the model and extractinginformation corresponding to the model from the database to populate oneor more fields of the database worksheet.
 9. The method of claim 8,wherein execution of the build notebook comprises accessing informationcorresponding to the model from the database worksheet and generating agraphical representation of information corresponding to the model basedthereon.
 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphicalrepresentations of results of model tests executed on the model compriseone or more of graphs, tables, diagrams, or text describing the modeltests or the results of the model tests executed on the model.
 11. Themethod of claim 1, wherein the type-setting system compiler is a LaTeXcompiler and the intermediary file is a .tex file.
 12. The method ofclaim 11, wherein the build notebook comprises one or more raw cellsstoring LaTeX-encoded text.
 13. The method of claim 1, wherein thetemplate is configured to cause the model documentation to include oneor more sections stipulated by rules or regulations corresponding to themodel.
 14. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input providinginformation used to select the template corresponding to the modelcomprises at least one of a model type or the model identifier and theprocessor automatically selects the template based on the at least oneof the model type or the model identifier.
 15. The method of claim 1,wherein the IUI is configured to enable incorporation of one or moretext functions into the build notebook, the one or more text functionsincorporated into a code-text platform providing the IUI as plug-ins.16. The method of claim 1, wherein the build notebook comprises at leastone markdown cell storing markdown text.
 17. An apparatus for generatinga model documentation in an at least semi-automated manner, theapparatus comprising: processor circuitry configured to: control aninteractive user interface (IUI) provided via input-output circuitry ofthe apparatus to receive user input selecting or providing informationused to select a template corresponding to a model; process the templateto cause a build notebook to be generated, the build notebook comprisinga plurality of cells, at least one cell of the plurality of cellscomprising executable code in at least a first programming language;control the IUI to receive user input populating at least a portion ofthe build notebook, the at least a portion of the build notebookcomprising (a) a model identifier configured to identify the model and(b) one or more cells of the plurality of cells; responsive to userinput received via the input-output circuitry, execute the buildnotebook using an execution engine to cause an intermediary file to begenerated that is encoded in a type-setting system; compile theintermediary file using a type-setting system compiler to generate themodel documentation; and control the input-output circuitry to providethe model documentation.
 18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein theprocessor circuitry is further configured to generate a databaseworksheet by querying a database comprising information corresponding tothe model and extracting information corresponding to the model from thedatabase to populate one or more fields of the database worksheet. 19.The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the build notebook comprises at leastone of (a) one or more raw cells storing LaTeX-encoded text, (b) one ormore code cells storing the executable code, and (c) at least onemarkdown cell storing markdown text.
 20. A computer program product forgenerating a model documentation in an at least semi-automated manner,the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitorycomputer-readable storage medium storing software instructions that,when executed, cause an apparatus to: receive, by an interactive userinterface (WI), user input selecting or providing information used toselect a template corresponding to a model; process the template tocause a build notebook to be generated, the build notebook comprising aplurality of cells, at least one cell of the plurality of cellscomprising executable code in at least a first programming language;receive user input populating at least a portion of the build notebook,the at least a portion of the build notebook comprising (a) a modelidentifier configured to identify the model and (b) one or more cells ofthe plurality of cells; responsive to receiving the user input, executethe build notebook using an execution engine to cause an intermediaryfile to be generated that is encoded in a type-setting system; compilethe intermediary file using a type-setting system compiler to generatethe model documentation; and cause the model documentation to beprovided via input-output circuitry of the apparatus.